Sale reports / Mississippi / Philadelphia Livestock Auction / 2023-01-10

Philadelphia Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Philadelphia, Mississippi · Tue, Jan 10
● Final47 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2116
Feeder Cattle receipts
206 head
206 vs last sale 0 92 vs year ago 298 · 30.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
48 head
48 vs last sale 0 15 vs year ago 33 · +45.5%
Replacement Cattle receipts
54 head
54 vs last sale 0 26 vs year ago 28 · +92.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

compared to last sale slaugther cows\bulls 4 to 6higher feeder steers\ heifers 7 to 12 higher

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $192.75/cwt on 40 head.
Average price
$192.75
40 head · 498 lb average
Value per head Derived
$960
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$118
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$47.50/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+6.22
vs MS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1444212.5094311thin
Medium and Large 1-2520186.7797127
Medium and Large 2500165.008252thin
One grade step is worth $47.50/cwt here — about $118 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale40 hd
192.75
MS average11 barns · 1,218 hd
186.54
+6.22
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,26771.2690317
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,00542.3542617

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age
Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.
ClassStageAgeAvg wt$/headHead
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,218$1,2356
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,199$1,16722
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,313$1,1626
Bred Heifers1st Stage (1-3 mo)(<2 yrs)835$8301thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,115$7101thin

Every lot, as filed

47 lots · USDA AMS · Philadelphia Stockyard -Philadelphia, MS
Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
BullsMedium and Large 1-2510162.41/cwt158.00–167.008282
BullsMedium and Large 2365185.00/cwt185.00–185.006751
BullsMedium and Large 2510150.00/cwt150.00–150.007651
BullsMedium and Large 1-2560152.00/cwt152.00–152.008511
BullsMedium and Large 1-2493162.98/cwt150.00–170.008033
BullsMedium and Large 2650148.00/cwt148.00–148.009621
SteersMedium and Large 1520199.00/cwt199.00–199.001,0352
SteersMedium and Large 1-2413200.98/cwt200.00–202.008302
SteersMedium and Large 1-2591172.14/cwt170.00–180.001,0177
SteersMedium and Large 1-2622171.42/cwt167.00–177.001,0665
SteersMedium and Large 2485170.00/cwt170.00–170.008251
SteersMedium and Large 2515160.00/cwt160.00–160.008241
SteersMedium and Large 1-2500192.50/cwt189.00–196.009632
SteersMedium and Large 1-2477196.72/cwt190.00–202.009386
SteersMedium and Large 1427215.50/cwt215.50–215.509209
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2330166.42/cwt161.00–172.005492
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2420165.34/cwt164.00–167.006943
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2555140.00/cwt140.00–140.007771
SteersMedium and Large 1-2333207.26/cwt197.00–218.006902
SteersMedium and Large 1-2368210.90/cwt209.00–213.007762
SteersMedium and Large 1-2700177.00/cwt177.00–177.001,2391
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2511159.70/cwt156.00–167.008164
BullsMedium and Large 1-2330209.00/cwt209.00–209.006901
HeifersMedium and Large 2510128.77/cwt118.00–149.006573
HeifersMedium and Large 2365150.00/cwt150.00–150.005481
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2372162.32/cwt160.00–170.0060411
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2459165.34/cwt160.00–168.007596
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2605145.00/cwt145.00–145.008771
BullsMedium and Large 1-2365208.00/cwt208.00–208.007591
BullsMedium and Large 2615147.00/cwt147.00–147.009041
BullsMedium and Large 1-2415190.00/cwt190.00–190.007892
BullsMedium and Large 2475165.98/cwt164.00–168.007882
HeifersMedium and Large 1416174.00/cwt174.00–174.007243
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2665138.59/cwt134.00–142.009223
Cow-Calf PairsMedium 21,115710.00/head710.00–710.007101
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,3551,275.96/head1,060.00–1,390.001,2765
Bred CowsMedium and Large 21,105590.00/head590.00–590.005901
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,2681,271.91/head1,170.00–1,340.001,2725
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,2051,179.54/head800.00–1,380.001,18020
Bred CowsMedium 1-21,1351,040.83/head875.00–1,190.001,0412
Bred CowsMedium 1-29701,050.00/head1,050.00–1,050.001,0501
Bred HeifersMedium 1-2835830.00/head830.00–830.008301
CowsBoner 80-85%1,25272.21/cwt60.00–77.5090416
CowsLean 85-90%1,08557.26/cwt30.00–70.006217
CowsLean 85-90%97734.22/cwt30.00–39.503348
CowsLean 85-90%83822.69/cwt20.00–25.001902
CowsBoner 80-85%1,50556.00/cwt56.00–56.008431

How this sale compares

Mississippi weighted averages
One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every Mississippi auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.